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view framework/env/convert/from_human.lua @ 510:696d7e5f2bcb

Added "Layouts" section to WebMCP documentation and cleaned "Directory structure" section up
author jbe
date Mon Aug 21 03:58:33 2017 +0200 (2017-08-21)
parents 9fdfb27f8e67
children
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1 function convert.from_human(str, typ)
2 if not typ then
3 error("Using convert.from_human(...) to convert a human readable string to an internal data type needs a type to be specified as second parameter.")
4 end
5 if not str then return nil end -- TODO: decide, if an error should be raised instead
6 local type_symbol = convert._type_symbol_mappings[typ]
7 if not type_symbol then
8 error("Unrecognized type reference passed to convert.from_human(...).")
9 end
10 local converter = convert["_from_human_to_" .. type_symbol]
11 if not converter then
12 error("Type reference passed to convert.from_human(...) was recognized, but the converter function is not existent.")
13 end
14 return converter(str)
15 end

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